Trickery
91 books featuring this theme
Trickery uses deception and agility to overturn stronger forces or rigid norms. It exposes contradictions and enables creative adaptation.
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Theogony
Hesiod • Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous • Greek
Medea
Euripides • Greek
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous • African
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous • Celtic
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin • East Asian
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous • Egyptian
Panchatantra
Vishnu Sharma • Indian
The Golden Ass
Apuleius • Roman
Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot • Slavic
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition • African
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition • African
Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits
Anonymous • Arabic
Epic of King Geser
Anonymous • East Asian
Electra
Sophocles • Greek
Kathasaritsagara
Somadeva • Indian